Antiseptic and disinfectant



UNITED STATES FREDERICK S. MARDON, OF NEW YORK, N; Y.

ANTISEPTIC AIID DISINFECTANT.

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septic and disinfectant, and is especially adapted as a pus cleanser in the treatment and healing of wounds, abrasions, ulcers, and all other conditions where such preparations are usually employed.

The composition in its entirety is composed of picric acid, potassium chlorate, tincture of iodin, chlorid of llme, sodium bicarbonate and glycerin. The proportions in which it has been found preferable to mix theseingredients is as follows:

Picric acid, 1% solution.- 1 oz.

Potassium chlorate 2 gms. Tincture of iodin 2 ozs. Chlorid of lime 2ozs. Sodium bicarbonate 2 gins. Glycerin 17 ozs.

The several ingredients are mixed together and. allowed to stand for several hours, with occasional stirring, whereupon the clear fluid is decanted oif or filtered from the residuum, though I prefer to filter-the preparation rather than decant it.

It is probable that certain chemical changes take place when the ingredients are mixed as described, the nature of which I am not prepared to state with certainty, as the'resulting composition possesses properties and characteristics not assignable to any or all of the individual ingredients primarily entering into the composition.

The composition may be used in the customary way, preferably full strength, although it may, as the judgment of the physi- 013.1101 surgeon indicates, be more or less diluted to meet special conditions.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented N ov. 9, 1920.

Application filed June 20, 1918. Serial No. 240,993.

It will be understood that slightchanges may be made in the composition described without departing from the spirit of the inwith the appended claims.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is: D l

1. An antiseptic and disinfectant containing approximately 4% of a3% picric acid solution, potassium chlorate not less than- 3%, tincture of iodin not less than 5%, chlorid of lime approximately 5% sodium bicarbonate and glycerin, substantially-%. 2. An antiseptic and disinfectant containmg picri-c acid, 3% solution, approximately one ounce, potassium chlorate,- approxlmately two grams, tincture of iodin, approximately two ounces, chlorid of lime, approximately two ounces, sodium bicarbonate, approximately two grams and glycerin approximately seventeen ounces.

3. An antiseptic and disinfectant resulting from the mixing of picric acid, 3% solution, substantially one ounce, potassium chlorate, substantially two grams, tincture of iodin, substantially two ounces, chlorid of lime, substantially two ounces,-sodium bicarbonate, substantially two grams and glycerin substantially seventeen ounces.

4. An antiseptic and disinfectant containing picric acid solution, potassiumchlorate, tincture of. iodin, chlorid of lime and glycerin, none of which are present in less than 2% in quantity.

5. An antiseptic and disinfectant containing pieric acid, tincture ofiodin, chlorid of lime, sodium bicarbonate and glycerin, the percentage of glycerin being upward of 20%.

6. An antiseptic and disinfectant containing picric acid, tincture of iodin, chlorid of lime and glycerin, all of which are present in excessof two per cent. in quantity.

, In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this s ecification. 1

F EDERICK S. MARDON.

\vention, the scope of which is commensurate 

